Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Transport Rule

Office of Air and Radiation. US EPA (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0491) http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/regdata/RIAs/proposaltrria_final.pdf [From executive summary] EPA plans to lower the sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of the electric power industry in 32 eastern states through the proposed Transport Rule. EPA estimates in 2014 this proposed rule will have annual net benefits (in … Continue reading »

Updated Economic Analysis of the WCI Regional Cap-and-Trade Program

Western Climate Initiative (WCI) http://tinyurl.com/23zmx78 The Partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) have released an updated economic analysis confirming that its regional plan to reduce greenhouse emissions (GHG) is both environmentally achievable and economically positive. The economic analysis indicates that the WCI Partner jurisdictions can achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 15 percent … Continue reading »

Kudzu (Pueraria Montana) Invasion Doubles Emissions of Nitric Oxide and Increases Ozone Pollution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences June 1, 2010 vol. 107 no. 22 10115-10119 (published online May 17, 2010) / by Jonathan E. Hickman, Shiliang Wu, Loretta J. Mickley and Manuel T. Lerdau http://www.pnas.org/content/107/22/10115 (open access article) [Yale Environment 360] Areas inundated with the invasive plant kudzu produce significantly higher levels of ozone than … Continue reading »